That's really good news, very nice to see another country sending up
satellites. It this going to be a LEO ?
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Chen, BD5RV" <bd5rv at jsdxc.net>
>> I just came back from a ham vention and met Alan, BA1DU there. The 1st
> Chinese amateur satellite is now going smoothly. This satellite was
> formerly named CAS-1 and is now XW-1. It takes a beacon and three cross
> band transponders: FM, linear, and digital.
>> The satellite is planned to be launched in June 2009 by a CZ-2C rocket in
> Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China.
>